Great response by Boland and Hoggett. Starc the rock but needed support and after some soul searching overnight the other quicks delivered. That’s teamwork.
And sending Head in at opener to knock the top of the total means tomorrow becomes a much easier exercise.
Not sure how they’ve done it...
What stood out for me was the Poms bowling plan to be relentless through all bowlers( something Tiger forwards could take notice of for 26). It was a team effort.
They had a multi level plan to keep the foot down all day and it worked so well.
Stokes five for was as much about the other bowlers...
I fear another arse whipping in Paris to give us the reverse clean sweep for the first time, and send us home with our tails between our legs.
Pity, Schmidt promised a lot but we just don’t seem to have the cattle anymore.
V i’m not sure there are too many clubs that would want him at $1.2m per year. We went all in on him as a saviour !
I’m hoping for much bigger things from him in 26, especially if we’re going to issue any challenge for the Top 8.
Which must be our minimum goal imo !